The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-03
AN OVERLOADED STEAMER.
startling staton,ohts kade by the Sole Sur,
/, vivor of tho Vernon Wreck.

| vivor Of tho Vernon Wreck. ~
GREEN BAY, WIS, Nov. 2.--Absl Stone
tho sole survivor Of the Vernon wreck
sald last nightthut when the Vernon lei
Frankfort att o'clock las. Friday evening
her cargo consisted Of apples, fish, pota
toes, pig iron and slaves. Tho load wa.
unusually heavy, Tho boat being loadet
about one loot deeper than usual and The
deck being only about six inchea above
water. 1jf 4 F-.a'i''>
Alter leaving Frankfort tho weather wa,
fine and continued 80 until betwson o and
10 o'clock, when a gale from the north.
west set In; Stone naya be wns on watch
till midnight. The sea rose rapidly and
the boat labored heavily, although she
seemed while ho wGg on dock to eteer
pretty we'll. Her excessive load between
decks prevented the closing Of tho gang.
ways. At tho gangways the deck wes
only ono and ono-half inches above the
water on the ssarboasd aide and six inches
on the polt side. She rolled good deal
Until about A. ", and the. ,Tator wss
washing through her gangways. Before
that hour there was at one time consider.
able water in the hold, which they
pumped out with slphon and supposed
everything WAS all Eight. -. h. .
Stone says that bsiose he went OF watch
he ventured to suggest to the ,ptain that
some isdtng bo thrown OF go the gang.
ways could bs c!oaed, but that the latter
feiusod to do SO and said that he was rum
ming that boat. He aloo says ho esked
the mate why they did not turn around
and put back. Hs says that after the
wreck, and while on the raft, one Of. the
nremen told bin that one OF the fireo was
put out at 3 o'clock. Between three and
lour o'clock he wac awakened by crush.
Ing sound and tho noise OF trying to get
busts from the deck. He felt the steamer
was laundering, and, putting en- lie pre-
server. spgGng through u window OF tho
room into tho water. Ho munsgsd to
reach the raft on which we're Elk other
persopu, all Of whom periehsd bu. Stone,
TWENTY-FIVE BODIES RECOVERED.
M1LwAuKRR, Noy. 2.-Fivs fshins tugs
Taat olt from Two Rivers, Wis, today,
end brought back the boiies OF seventeen
men andtwo women who had bean aboard
tho toundersd propeller Vernon, making
twenty.two bodies that have been recoy.
cred. Th2 sLaiNs house ct Two Rivers
was turned into q morgue, where the
remains we're stretched aide by side to en-.
able Identification. The faces we're a.! il
good condition, except twa, whose OK.
psesaleno ssye eyideDas Of intense suffer.
,EE. The nts. body recognised was that
q Fred Bark, son Of the half owner OF the
Northern Michigan line. 's
Only seven Of tho bodies were ideati.
fed. They are: George Thorpe, OF o..
lsnsburg, N. y. captain Of the Venom,
John sEtliTa~, GnicESo, tlrst mute; Larry
Higgins, Chicago, SECOND mate; Martin
i!aesn. Chicago, etewsrd; Henry Lebsn,
Chicago, porter; Fred Burk, Chicago.
clerk; Roy Hszleton, Chicsgo, cabin boy:
E. b. Brrlaud. Milwaukee, pas,snrGs,
There is nothing sboet the oshers that
vii 2asale idsntihcat.on, unless viswsd by
.scqua;ntarcss. Several are undoubtedly
deck.hauds. The buiies were found about
eight miles sss. OF Two Rivera. Several
appeared TO have made despeya.s strug.
ge for life by rleans Of !iia pyeeetye,o, un-
I'll lhe Jackets hscame saturated and Te,e
rendered ueeless. ~
Tho lie pressrvsrs were in some Inv
staaces too largs and slipped up 10 the
hent Of the upior.Gnatss, snd they were
sonud thus in perpendicular position in
the water. The tugs report having seen a
tTo-masled vesse: picking up bodies, and
1t ls expected further rcpuria will be re-.
ceivcd when this and other ysasals thlt
may have cbanced to picE up the noa!eru
reach thei; destinations.